Going Out New Year’s Eve Night: MBTA No Fare After 8 PM

Thinking of heading off to Boston’s First Night celebration and witness the fire works at Copley Square at 7 p.m., the MBTA will be running a special schedule for the final night of 2016 and the first morning of 2017.

First thing to know: The MBTA will not collect fares after 8 p.m. on New Year’s Eve.

• The Fitchburg/South Acton Commuter Rail Linewill operate a modifiedSaturday schedulewith an additional train leaving North Station at 1:15 a.m.

• Buses from Belmont Center and along Trapelo Road/Belmont Street will operate on aSaturday schedule.

• The Red Line will operate on aSaturday schedulewith additional trains operating at rush-hour levels of service throughout the evening from 3 p.m. until approximately 2 a.m.